Hot plate mounting



1934. w. RICHAI RDSON 1,943,144

HOT' PLATE MOUNTING Original Filed May 1, 1930 Patented Jan. 9, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE HOT PLATE MOUNTING Application May 1, 1930, Serial No. 448,996 Renewed May 31, 1933 Claims.

This invention relates to electric cooking stoves and more particularly to means for mounting the heating element or hot plate in the stove top.

These heating element or hot plates are usually of circular form and comprise a block or brick of refractory material with resistance wires carried thereby. A common method of mounting or supporting hot plates of this character is m to provide the stove top with openings in which the hot plates are received, the margins of such openings being formed with depending clips on which the hot plate rests with its surface substantially flush with the stove top. When thus mounted there is a crack or space between the edge of the brick or hot plate and the margin of the opening in which it is received.

The general object of the present invention is to provide means for supporting a hot plate in the opening of a stove top independent of the usual clips, which supporting means shall serve to bridge or cover the crack or space between the hot plate and the margin of the stove top opening and thus form a trim or finish which adds greatly to the appearance and convenience of the stove as a whole.

In order that the invention may be readily understood. reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary plan view showing a portion of a conventional stove top having a hot plate receiving opening therein;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a conventional hot plate mounted in such opening and illusgating my improved mounting device in posi- Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the same showing the bottom of the hot plate and the appearance of my improved supporting clips or fingers;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side elevation on an enlarged scale showing a portion of the brick or hot plate and my improved supporting fin er;

Figs. 5 and 6 are fragmentary transverse sections on an enlarged scale taken, for example, on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3 and further illustrating my improved supporting fingers and the method of mounting the hot plate on the stove top; and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view of my .50 improved supporting or finishing ring and the clips secured thereto.

Referring to the drawing in detail, a conventional stove top is illustrated at 1 and is shown as provided with an opening 2 having a. depending marginal flange 1- and also provided as is customary with inwardly projecting clips or lugs 3 which ordinarily serve to support the hot plate.

In employing the present invention, however, these lugs or clips 3 normally perform no function, but may serve as emergency stops to hold the hot plate in the event of breakage or damage to my improved supporting means.

The hot plate is indicated at 4 and may be of any usual or desired construction. It is shown as in the form of a circular brick adapted to fit loosely within the opening 2 of the stove top.

In order to cover the crack or space between the hot plate and edge of the opening in the stove top, and thus form a trim or finish for the assembly, I provide a ring 5 preferably 7 formed of sheet metal. The outer portion of this ring is fiat, as indicated at 5, and rests upon the stove top, while the inner portion, which is also preferably fiat, overlaps the hot plate 4, as shown at 5' in Fig. 5, the internal 7 diameter of the ring being less than the diameter of the hot plate.

As shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the inner and outer portions of the ring 5 lie in different planes, the inner portion being higher than the outer portion. The two portions are united by an inclined portion 5 over which the cooking utensils can easily slide as they are moved on to and 05 of the hot plate.

In assembling the parts, the upper surface of the hot plate 4 engages the under surface of the inner portion 5 of the ring and is held in this position by means of a plurality of sheet metal clips 6 secured to the ring 5 and depending therefrom within the stove top opening. As clearly shown in the drawing, each of these clips is slit to provide two fingers '1 and 8, the fingers 8 being bent inwardly beneath the hot plate so as to engage the under surface thereof. Thus the hot plate is held between the ring and the inwardly bent fingers 8, and is supported by the fingers 8 with its upper surface slightly above the surface of the stove top.

After the ring has been assembled on the hot plate, as described; the assembly is placed in position on the stove top and the fingers 7 are then bent outwardly, as shown in Fig. 6, so as to engage under the marginal fiange 1 of the stove top. This serves to hold the hot plate and ring down upon the stove top and maintain the parts in 1 5 position.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that the ring 5 serves the double purpose of a supporting means and of a trim or finish for the hot plate. It will be further seen that the hot plate can be readily detached from the ring by releasing the fingers 8, and that the assembled ring and hot plate can be removed from the stove top by releasing the fingers 7, the fingers 7 and 8 thus constituting independent means for securing the ring to the stove top and to the hot plate, respectively.

What I claim is:

1. Means for supporting an electric hot plate within the usual opening in a stove top comprising a ring adapted to rest upon the stove top adjacent such opening, the inner diameter of said ring being less than the diameter of the hot plate, said ring covering the aperture between the stove top and said hot plate and clips depending from said ring and adapted to have their ends bent inwardly to engage under the hot plate, whereby the hot plate is held between said clips and the under surface of said ring.

2. Means for supporting an electric hot plate within the usual opening in a stove top comprising a sheet metal ring the inner edge of which is adapted to lap over the hot plate and the outer edge of which is fiat and adapted to rest upon the stove said ring covering the aperture between the stove top and said hot plate top, and sheet metal clips depending from said ring within the stove top opening and adapted to engage beneath the hot plate.

3. The combination with a stove top having an opening, of an electric hot plate loosely fitting within said opening, a metal ring overlapping the adjacent edges 01' said opening and hot plate and covering the space between them, and means for securing said ring in position, the said means comprising clips secured to said ring passing through the opening between said hot plate and said stove top, and engaging the under side of said hot plate and said stove top.

4. The combination with a stove top having an opening, of a sheet metal ring resting on said stove top around said opening, an electric hot plate within said opening, and a plurality of sheet metal fingers depending from said ring within said opening, the ends of some of said fingers being bent inwardly to engage under said hot plate, and the ends 01' others of said fingers being bent outwardly to engage under the margin of said opening, whereby the several parts are securely held in position.

5. The combination with a stove top having an opening, 01 an electric hot plate loosely fitting within said opening, a metal ring overlapping the adjacent edges of said opening and hot plate and covering the space between them, and clips attached to said ring for detachably securing said ring both to said hot plate and to said stove top.

WILLIAM RICHARDSON. 

